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Iraq Youth Unemployment 2020s

Youth unemployment (ages 15-24) · World Bank
32.86% decade average (2020-2029)

Iraq's youth unemployment during the 2020s ranged from 31.51% (2023) to 35.65% (2021), averaging 32.86% over 6 years of data.

2020s Data
YearValueChangeRank
2020 34.45% +4.70pp 160th
2021 35.65% +1.20pp 167th
2022 31.79% −3.86pp 166th
2023 31.51% −0.28pp 166th
2024 31.73% +0.21pp 164th
2025 32.01% +0.29pp 164th